Broncos quarterback Brady Quinn was not pleased with how his comments were portrayed in a GQ article on Tebowmania that was released today.

The article on Tim Tebow’s 2011 season, written by Michael Silver, was titled: “The year of Magical Stinking: An Oral History of Tebow Time.”

In it, Quinn was quoted as saying, “We’ve had a lot of, I guess, luck, to put it simply.”

“I regret the comments as they appeared in the article and I apologize if the comments that were in the article upset anyone,” Quinn said today. “I think they were taken in the wrong tone. Had I known at the time the direction the article was going to go I would not have participated in the interview at all. The interview took place three months ago. However, there’s no one to blame but myself. I take full responsibility.

“I’ve reached out to Tim and he knows what I think of him as a player and a person. I hope my teammates know that I don’t think this season was based upon luck. I think it was more based upon the fight each of our teammates had to continually battle and win games in the end. And Tim was very much instrumental in our success, especially coming down the stretch in the last minutes of games.”

Also in the article, Quinn, a devout Christian, said the way Tebow expresses his faith doesn’t “seem very humble to me.” Also mentioned was how Quinn believed he was the second-string quarterback to Kyle Orton early in the season. But then after the team decided to make a switch at quarterback in game five, it was Tebow who became the starter.

“I felt like the fans had a lot to do with that,” Quinn said in the article. “Just ’cause they were chanting his name. There was a big calling for him. No, I don’t have any billboards. That would have been nice.”

A former Notre Dame star and first-round draft pick of the Cleveland Browns, Quinn spent the past two seasons as the Broncos’ backup quarterback, first to Orton, then to Tebow. Although, Quinn will become a free agent when the market opens March 13, he and Broncos front-office boss John Elway have not ruled out the possibility of the veteran re-signing with the team.

Elway and Broncos coach John Fox are not likely to hold Quinn’s recent comments about Tebow against him. Elway and Fox also made comments last season that were perceived as unflattering about Tebow.

Quinn, in a series of Tweets on Tuesday, said:

“The comments attributed to me in a recent magazine article are in NO WAY reflective of my opinion of Tim and the Broncos.

“Tim deserves a lot of credit for our success and I’m happy for him and what he accomplished. Most importantly, he is a great teammate.

“That interview was conducted three months ago, and the resulting story was a completely inaccurate portrayal of my comments. I have addressed my disappointment with the writer and have reached out to Tim to clear this up.

“I apologize to anyone who feels I was trying to take anything away from our team’s or Tim’s success this season.”

Mike Klis was with The Denver Post from Jan. 1, 1998 before leaving in 2015 to join KUSA 9News. He covered the Rockies and Major League Baseball until the 2005 All-Star break, when he was asked to start covering the Broncos.

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